1. Headstone
IN MEMORY OF
SARAH
THE BELOVED WIFE OF
HENRY BANFIELD
WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE IN PERFECT PEACE
ON MONDAY FEBRUARY 3rd 1902
AGED 76 YEARS
"Resting till the Resurrection Day"
ALSO THE ABOVE
HENRY BANFIELD
WHO PASSED PEACEFULLY AWAY
FEBRUARY 5th 1917 AGED 88 YEARS
"Reunited"
2. Headstone
IN LOVING MEMORY OF
HENRY BANFIELD
WHO DIED OCTOBER 25th 1928
AGED 71 YEARS
"Rest is Peace"
ALSO JANE ELIZABETH
WIFE OF THE ABOVE
WHO DIED NOVEMBER 24th 1935
AGED 80 YEARS
"She Slept"
ALSO MAJORIE DANIELS
GRAND-DAUGHTER OF THE ABOVE
WHO DIED OCTOBER 18th 1938
AGED 29 YEARS
"At Rest"
3. Coped Stone
South Side
IN LOVING MEMORY OF
GEORGE BARNES
OF THIS PARISH
WHO DIED 11th JULY 1901
AGED 73 YEARS
ALSO OF DRUSILLA THE BELOVED WIFE OF THE ABOVE
WHO PASSED AWAY 27th APRIL 1914
AGED 86 YEARS
North Side
ALSO WALTER
THIRD SON OF
GEORGE AND DRUSILLA BARNES
WHO DIED 11th SEPTEMBER 1862
AGED 1 YEAR AND 8 MONTHS
ALICE BARNES
WHO DIED 15th JANUARY 1958
AGED 98 YEARS
4. Fallen and broken Headstone
SACRED
TO THE MEMORY OF
SARAH WIFE OF
JAMES BARNETT
WHO DIED 26th MARCH 1857
AGED 57 YEARS
ALSO THE ABOVE
JAMES BARNETT
WHO DIED 26th OF JANUARY 1858
AGED 57 YEARS
"Sleep dear shades, the tributary tear,
That mourns thy exit from a world like this.
Forgot the wish that would detain [thee?] here,
And keep thee longer from the realms of bliss"
ALSO
JAMES BARNETT
PAY SERJEANT ROYAL MARINES
AND SON OF THE ABOVE
WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE NOV. 9th 1865
AGED 35 YEARS
"He was respected by all who knew him"
IN LOVING MEMORY OF OUR DEAR MOTHER
SARAH WIFE OF THE ABOVE
JAMES BARNETT
WHO DIED 4th MARCH 1892
AGED 59 YEARS
"Forever with the Lord"
5. Headstone
IN AFFECTIONATE REMEMBRANCE OF
MAUD MARY ELIZABETH
THE INFANT DAUGHTER OF
GEORGE AND MARY BENTLEY
DIED 20th MAY 1871
AGED 3 MONTHS
ALSO
GEORGE BLAND
THE BELOVED SON OF THE ABOVE
DIED 3rd JULY 1874
AGED 2 YEARS
"Short pain, short grief,
Dear babe, were thine,
We grieve- but bless the Love Divine"
6. Headstone
[SACRED]
TO THE MEMORY OF
JOHN BROAD
WHO DIED 17th FEBRUARY 1855
AGED 48 YEARS
"The Lord gave and the Lord hath
taken away, blessed be the name of
the Lord"
7. Headstone
SACRED
TO THE MEMORY OF
MRS. ANN BROWN
WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE
SEPTEMBER 11th 1869
AGED 92 YEARS
"Until the day dawn"
ALSO
ESTHER ANN BROWN
GRAND-DAUGHTER OF THE ABOVE
WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE
JANUARY 16th 1873
AGED 21 YEARS
ALSO
ANNE REBECCA BROWN
[Rest eroded, buried Nov. 5th 1901, aged 43 years]
8. Headstone
SACRED
TO THE MEMORY OF
JOSEPH BURNELL
WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE MAY 9th 1870
AGED 61 YEARS
[Rest eroded]
9. Headstone
[Missing, April 2010]
IN LOVING MEMORY
OF
ELEANOR MARY
THE BELOVED WIFE OF
WILLIAM CHAMPNESS
WHO DIED 29th SEPTEMBER 1900
AGED 28 YEARS
"Brighter, fairer far than living,
With no fear of man or pain,
Robed in everlasting beauty,
We shall see them once again,
Safe in the arms of Jesus"
ALSO
HERBERT WAGHORN
BROTHER OF THE ABOVE
WHO DIED ON THE 20th OF MAY 1900
AGED 30 YEARS
"His end was peace"
10. Headstone
SACRED
TO THE MEMORY OF
ELIZABETH ANN CLAGGETT
WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE FOR A BETTER
NOVEMBER 24th 1869
AGED 73 YEARS
ALSO
WILLIAM CLAGGETT
HUSBAND OF THE ABOVE
WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE AUGUST 7th 1873
AGED 79 YEARS
11. Ledger, [horizontal cross missing]
IN MEMORY OF ANNE (WIFE OF THE REV. E.A. CLAYDON RECTOR OF THIS PARISH)
DIED JANUARY 5th 1880 AGED 47 YEARS
SACRED ALSO TO THE MEMORY OF REV. EDMUND AUGUSTUS CLAYDON M.A.
RECTOR OF THIS PARISH WHO DIED MAY 9th 1888 AGED 61 YEARS
ALSO MARY LLOYD HIS SECOND WIFE
WHO DIED DECEMBER 29th 1920
12. Headstone
SACRED
TO THE MEMORY OF
THOMAS COOPER
WHO DIED 11th JULY 1855
AGED 74 YEARS
ERECTED BY HIS BROTHER
MICHAEL CLIFFORD COOPER
13. Headstone
SACRED
TO THE MEMORY OF
JAMES CRITTENDEN
OF LUTON, KENT
WHO DIED ON THE 17th DAY OF
DECEMBER 1857
AGED 57 YEARS
"Mark the perfect gentleman and behold the upright,
For the end of that man is peace"
ALSO
ANN WIFE OF THE ABOVE
WHO DIED 13th DECEMBER 1895
AGED 92 YEARS
ALSO
JAMES CRITTENDEN
GRANDSON OF THE ABOVE
[Rest buried]
DANIELS see BANFIELD
14. Headstone [Missing, April 2010]
IN
LOVING MEMORY OF
JOSEPH JAMES DRURY
WHO DIED THE 30th OF JUNE 1894
AGED 28 YEARS
"Blessed are the pure in heart for they shall see God"
ALSO OF
ERNEST STANLEY DRURY
WHO DIED THE 4th OF DECEMBER 1885
AGED 4 YEARS
ALSO
EMMA DRURY
MOTHER OF THE ABOVE
WHO DIED JANUARY 24th 1915
AGED 74 YEARS
ALSO
HILDA MAUD PANKHURST
DAUGHTER OF THE ABOVE
JOSEPH JAMES
WHO DIED 18th JULY 1919
AGED 26 YEARS
ALSO
JAMES WINDER DRURY
HUSBAND OF THE ABOVE
EMMA DRURY
WHO DIED 22nd APRIL 1920
AGED 80 YEARS
15. Headstone
IN LOVING REMEMBRANCE OF
MARY ANN
THE BELOVED WIFE OF
HENRY STEPHEN DUNN
WHO DIED THE 17th APRIL 1887
AGED [53] YEARS
ALSO
THE ABOVE NAMED
HENRY STEPHEN DUNN
WHO DIED [ ] DECEMBER 18[90]
AGED 80 YEARS
16. Headstone
IN
LOVING
MEMORY OF
HENRY DURLING
WHO DIED 29th MAY 1890
AGED 50 YEARS
"At Rest"
ALSO ANN
WIFE OF THE ABOVE
WHO DIED 10th DECEMBER 1891
AGED 41 YEARS
"Peace, Perfect Peace"
ALSO MERCY
THE BELOVED WIFE OF
WILLIAM SMITHERMAN
WHO PASSED AWAY 27th FEBRUARY 1929
AGED 61 YEARS
"Sweet is the memory that never fades,
Of one we loved but could not save"
ALSO THE ABOVE
WILLIAM SMITHERMAN
WHO PASSED AWAY 20th JANUARY 1945
AGED 79 YEARS
"At Rest, Life's work well done"
17. Headstone [Missing, April 2010]
SACRED
TO THE MEMORY OF
GEORGE ELLISTON
WHO DIED JUNE 28th 1878
AGED 26 YEARS AND 9 MONTHS
"Watch therefore, for in such an hour
as ye think not the Son of Man cometh
24th Chap. Matt. Part. 42nd and 44th Verses"
"The Lord gave and the Lord hath taken away,
Blessed be the name of the Lord
1st Chap. Job 21st Verse"
GODDARD see SIDDERS
18. Headstone
IN
LOVING MEMORY OF
ARTHUR JOHN
THE DEARLY LOVED HUSBAND OF
ANNIE JULIA GRANSDEN
WHO PASSED PEACEFULLY AWAY
26th AUGUST 1932 AGED 58 YEARS
"God knows the best"
ALSO
ANNIE JULIA GRANSDEN
WIFE OF THE ABOVE
WHO PASSED PEACEFULLY AWAY
7th NOVEMBER 1954 AGED 73 YEARS
"Reunited"
19. Headstone
SACRED
TO THE MEMORY
OF
ANN HUNNISETT
WIFE OF
HENRY HUNNISETT
WHO DIED AUGUST 30th 1855
AGED 82 YEARS
"Lord so teach us to number our days,
That we may apply our hearts unto
Wisdom"
ALSO THE ABOVE
HENRY HUNNISETT
WHO DIED OCTOBER 26th 1859
AGED 84 YEARS
"Prepare to meet thy God"
20. Headstone [Missing, April 2010]
SACRED
TO THE MEMORY OF
ELIZABETH
WIFE OF
WILLIAM HURST R.N.
WHO DIED 22nd JUNE 1856
AGED 39 YEARS
ALSO
MR. THOMAS HURST
FATHER OF THE ABOVE
LATE OF H.M. DOCKYARD POLICE, CHATHAM
WHO DIED 8th JUNE 1858
AGED 67 YEARS
ALSO
MARY
WIFE OF THE ABOVE
WHO DIED 30th DECEMBER 1874
AGED 71 YEARS
"Gone but not forgotten"
21. Headstone
IN MEMORY OF
THOMAS LANE LILLEY
WHO DIED 12th MARCH 1879
AGED 59 YEARS
ALSO
THOMAS LANE LILLEY
SON OF THE ABOVE
WHO DIED 7th FEBRUARY 1870
AGED 22 YEARS
INTERRED IN LINCOLN CEMETERY
"Blessed are the dead that die in the Lord"
22. Headstone [Partly obscured by tree] [Elizabeth Milton was first person buried at Christchurch]
[SACRED]
[TO THE MEMOR]Y OF
[SAM]U[EL] MILTON
[WHO DIED] [ ] JULY 1863
[AGED] [74] YEARS
[ALSO]
E[LIZABETH] MILTON
WIFE OF THE ABOVE
[WHO DIED] [ ] AUGUST 1852
AGED [56] YEARS
[ALSO]
MAT[ILDA] DA[UGHTER] OF THE ABOVE
WHO DIED 13th SEPTEMBER 1862
AT WILLIAM'S TOWN, AUSTRALIA
AGED 34 YEARS
23. Headstone
IN
LOVING MEMORY OF
FREDERICK MONDAY
WHO DIED 15th DECEMBER 1887
AGED 10 MONTHS
LILY MAY
WHO DIED 11th SEPTEMBER 1891
AGED 12 MONTHS
MAY LILY
WHO DIED 29th NOVEMBER 1897
AGED 5½ YEARS
THE BELOVED CHILDREN OF WILLIAM AND HANNAH MONDAY
"No one knows how much we miss them,
None but aching hearts can tell,
Earth has lost them, Heaven has found them,
Jesus hath done all things well"
ALSO WILLIAM
THE BELOVED HUSBAND OF HANNAH MONDAY
WHO DIED 27th DECEMBER 1930
AGED 73 YEARS
ALSO HANNAH MONDAY
WHO DIED 23rd JULY 1944
IN HER 84th YEAR
"Reunited"
PANKHURST see DRURY
24. Headstone
SACRED
TO THE MEMORY OF
ELIZABETH
WIFE OF
MR. THOMAS PARNELL
WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE
ON THE 19th FEBRUARY 1859
AGED 67 YEARS
"Christ the Lord will come again,
None shall wait for him in vain,
I shall then his Glory see,
Christ will come and call for me"
ALSO THE ABOVE
THOMAS PARNELL
WHO DIED 16th FEBRUARY 1886
AGED 93 YEARS
"They rest from their labours"
25. Headstone
SACRED
TO THE MEMORY OF
JANE
THE AFFECTIONATE WIFE OF
JOSHUA PARNELL
WHO DIED 7th FEBRUARY 1869
AGED 39 YEARS
ALSO
JOSHUA THOMAS PARNELL
SON OF THE ABOVE
WHO DIED 21st FEBRUARY 1852
AGED 16 MONTHS
ALSO
ELIZABETH
SECOND WIFE OF THE ABOVE
WHO DIED 13th JULY 1899
AGED 51 YEARS
"Their end was peace"
ALSO THE ABOVE
JOSHUA PARNELL
WHO DIED 26th JANUARY 1914
IN HIS 86th YEAR
"Thine is a perfect rest, secure and deep,
Goodnight, goodnight"
26. Headstone Fallen Headstone, face down
"Thy will be done"
IN
LOVING MEMORY
OF
HORACE PARNELL
FOR 16 YEARS THE BELOVED SUPERINTENDENT
OF LUTON ROAD BAPTIST SUNDAY SCHOOL
WHO FELL ASLEEP IN JESUS
DECEMBER 3rd 1884
AGED 60 YEARS
"Be thou faithful unto death and,
I will give thee a Crown of Life"
Rev. 11.10
ALSO
THOMAS
THIRD SON OF THE ABOVE
WHO DIED MAY 4th 1888
AGED 29 YEARS
"His end was peace"
ALSO TO
MARY REBEKAH
THE BELOVED WIFE OF
HORACE PARNELL
WHO FELL ASLEEP APRIL 21st 1897
AGED 68 YEARS
Reverse
ALSO
IN MEMORY
OF
MARY PARNELL
WHO DIED JULY 18th 1919
AGED 64 YEARS
ALSO WILLIAM PARNELL
WHO DIED JANUARY 7th 1928
AGED 77 YEARS
27. Headstone
IN
MEMORY OF
ISAAC PERRY
WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE
ON THE 19th JUNE 1860
AGED 37 YEARS
"Sealed unto the Day of Redemption"
ALSO OF
BETSY KAINS
WIFE OF THE ABOVE
WHO DIED ON CHRISTMAS DAY 1877
AGED 57 YEARS
ALSO IN
AFFECTIONATE REMEMBRANCE OF
JOHN HOLMES
[THE] ELDEST [SON] OF THE ABOVE
[WHO] DIED AT SEA
[ ] OCTOBER 1877
[ ]
28. Headstone
IN
LOVING MEMORY OF
WILLIAM
THE BELOVED HUSBAND OF
HARRIET PHILLIPS
WHO DIED DECR. 10Th 1884
AGED 48 YEARS
"Thy will be done"
ALSO OF ROBERT CHARLES
[SON OF THE] ABOVE AND BELOVED HUSBAND OF
MI[ ] PHILLIPS
WHO DIED [O]CT. 30th 1909
IN HIS 39th YEAR
ALSO WILLIAM ISAAC
ELDEST SON OF THE ABOVE
WHO WAS ACCIDENTALLY KILLED
IN RAILWAY ST., CHATHAM
AUGUST 11th 1880
IN HIS 16th YEAR
(INTERRED CHATHAM CEMETERY)
"Peace, perfect Peace"
( William Isaac was crushed by falling earth in an excavation for the
foundations of a new building)
Reverse
ALSO
PHILLIP WILLIAM
THE DEARLY LOVED HUSBAND OF
ALICE MAUD PHILLIPS
AND YOUNGEST SON OF
HARRIET AND THE LATE WILLIAM PHILLIPS
WHO DIED JUNE 21st 1915
AGED 32 YEARS
"At Rest"
ALSO AMY SARAH
THE ELDEST AND BELOVED DAUGHTER OF
HARRIET AND THE LATE WILLIAM PHILLIPS
WHO DIED APRIL 8th 1918
AGED [ ]9 YEARS
"Life's voyage o'er"
ALSO HARRIET
WIFE OF THE LATE WILLIAM PHILLIPS
WHO DIED JULY 9th 1921
AGED 76 YEARS
29. Ledger
SACRED
TO THE MEMORY OF
SUEY ANN PRITCHARD
WIFE OF
WM. PRITCHARD ESQ.
PAYMASTER IN H.M. NAVY
WHO DIED OCTOBER 7th 1855
AGED 73 YEARS
ALSO OF
THE ABOVE NAMED
WILLIAM PRITCHARD
WHO DIED [ ] SEPTEMBER 1861
AGED 82 YEARS
30. Headstone
IN
MEMORY OF
WILLIAM ROSE
WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE
ON THE 27th DAY OF NOVEMBER 1868
AGED 15 YEARS
ALSO
MRS. EMILY SMITHERMAN
WHO DIED 16th FEBRUARY 1881
AGED 21 YEARS
"The Lord gave and the Lord hath taken away,
Blessed be the name of the Lord"
31. Ledger
IN MEMORY
OF
ELIZA
YOUNGEST DAUGHTER OF THE LATE
THOMAS SIDDERS ESQ.
OF ACOL, THANET
WHO DIED 23rd JANUARY 1862
AGED 56 YEARS
ALSO OF
THOMAS WOODS
COMMANDER R.N.
WHO DIED 26th FEBRUARY 1878
AGED 81 YEARS
ALSO OF
SARAH GODDARD
WIDOW OF THE LATE WILLIAM HENRY GODDARD
LIEUTENANT ROYAL NAVY
WHO FELL ASLEEP 2nd APRIL 1879
IN HER 78th YEAR
"Blessed are the dead that die in the Lord"
32. Headstone
SACRED
TO THE MEMORY OF
MRS. MARY SMITH
WIFE OF
MR. THOMAS SMITH
WHO DIED 21st APRIL 1855
AGED 87 YEARS
"Looking unto Jesus, the author and
teacher of our faith"
ALSO
MR. THOMAS SMITH
WHO DIED 30th MARCH 1860
AGED 83 YEARS
ALSO MARY DAUGHTER OF THE ABOVE
WHO DIED 11th OCTOBER 1856
AGED 51 YEARS
33. Headstone
IN LOVING MEMORY OF
MINNIE SMITHERMAN
WHO DIED 17th APRIL 1890 AGED 11 YEARS
"Weep not for me Parents dear,
I am not dead but sleeping here,
Some day in Heaven we hope to meet,
And kneel at our dear Saviour's feet"
ALSO
FRANKLIN GEORGE SMITHERMAN
WHO DIED 10th APRIL 1898 AGED 14 YEARS
"Weep not for me I'm free from pain,
My earthly sufferings o'er,
I hope to see you all again,
On Canaan's happy shore"
ALSO OF
JANE SMITHERMAN
MOTHER OF THE ABOVE
WHO DIED 23th FEBRUARY 1910 IN HER 56th YEAR
ALSO HER DAUGHTER
EDITH ELLEN SMITHERMAN
WHO DIED 25th JANUARY 1928
IN HER 47th YEAR
AND OF FRANCIS THOMAS
HUSBAND OF THE ABOVE
JANE SMITHERMAN
WHO DIED 20th OCTOBER 1940 AGED 88 YEARS
SMITHERMAN see DURLING
SMITHERMAN see ROSE
34. Headstone
IN
AFFECTIONATE REMEMBRANCE OF
MR. ROBERT TRUEMAN
WHO DIED MAY 20th 1867
AGED 75 YEARS
ALSO
SARAH ELIZABETH
HIS WIFE WHO DIED FEBRUARY 18th 1874
AGED 80 YEARS
"From suffering and from pain relieved,
and free from every care"
ALSO
LEMUEL GEORGE TRUEMAN
GREAT GRANDSON OF THE ABOVE
WHO DIED AUGUST 5th 1879
AGED 6 ¾ YEARS
ALSO OF
LILIAN AMELIA
INFANT DAUGHTER OF
ALFRED AND AMELIA TRUEMAN
WHO DIED SEPTEMBER [22nd?] [1884]
AGED 10 WEEKS
ALSO
ALBERT VICTOR
THE DEARLY BELOVED SON OF
ALBERT AND ELIZABETH TRUEMAN
WHO DIED AUGUST 21st 1897
AGED 15 YEARS
"In the midst of Life [ we are in Death]"
(Albert Trueman was drowned, with others, when the boat they had hired
capsized in the River Medway)
35. Headstone
IN
MEMORY OF
JOSEPH LEMUEL TRUEMAN
WHO DIED 19th NOVEMBER 1870
AGED 13 YEARS
"In love he lived, he died lamented"
ALSO
ROBERT JOHN TRUEMAN
FATHER OF THE ABOVE
WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE
1st APRIL 1885
IN THE 69th YEAR OF HIS AGE
"We cannot, Lord thy purpose see but
all is well that's done by thee"
36. Headstone
IN AFFECTIONATE REMEMBRANCE OF
WILLIAM JAMES WELCH
THE BELOVED HUSBAND OF
MARY ANN WELCH
WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE
MARCH 24th 1874
AGED 51 YEARS
"In sure and certain hope of joyful Resurrection"
"For so he giveth his beloved sleep"
WOODS see SIDDERS
FOOTSTONES
37. IN SITU
J. C. 1857
A. C. 1895
John and Ann Crittenden
38. IN SITU
E. H. 1856
T. H. 1858
M. H. 1874
Elizabeth, Thomas and Mary Hurst
39. NOT IN SITU
J. C. 1856
M. C. 1864
T. C. W. 1896
M. W. 1927
John Cottam, Mary Cottam, Thomas Charles Webb and Mary Webb
(Missing April 2010)
40. NOT IN SITU
A. A. 1869
G. A. 1886
I. G. 1893
G. J. A. 1899
M.? G. 1913?
Amy Auger, George Auger, Isaac Green, George Janett Auger and Mary Green,
(1915)?
(Missing April 2010)
41. NOT IN SITU
H. R. 1859
W. C. R. 1871
D. R. 188[ ]
Hannah Robinson, Coats Robinson and ?
42. NOT IN SITU
J. B. 1855
John Broad
43. NOT IN SITU
A. B. 1869
E. A. B. 1873
A. R. B. 1901
Ann Brown, Esther Ann Brown and Anne Rebecca Brown